PROGRESSIVE PUBLICATION DISCUSSION GROUP SERIES
July - August 2008

At Insight Arts' Center For New Possibilities
1505 West Morse Ave, Chicago, IL 60626





THURSDAY, JULY 24  6 PM - 8 PM

Quarterly Discussion Series featuring the current issue Art, Identity, and Social Justice

PERFECT FOR ARTISTS OF ALL DISCIPLINES!  Join our dialogue about the current issue's article The Art of Social Justice by Maria X. Martinez. We will discuss how art can promote, inform, and shape social change for "nowhere is there more potential and more need for art than here and now.”

"Staring directly at the Northern Ireland checkpoint, briefcase in hand about to be opened, Chilean political refugee Rene Castro poised himself for a battle. British soldiers drew their rifles immediately and ordered him to halt. 'What's in the case?' they demanded. 'My weapon,' he answered. Their rifles cocked as he opened the case and withdrew his sketchbook."

Click here to download a PDF of the article The Art of Social Justice.





THURSDAY, JULY 31  6 PM - 8 PM

Bi-monthly Discussion Series of this progressive magazine

If you like to talk about the ideas you read, then join our Mother Jones Discussion Group and exchange thoughts about the current issue with like-minded readers. As part of this group you will benefit from new perspectives on articles while contributing to a dialogue that supports understanding of social justice in the community.

More information coming soon!





THURSDAY, AUGUST 7  6 PM - 8 PM

Bi-monthly Discussion Series of the current issue of this magazine focused on race and politics

We will focus our discussion on two articles. First, Kicking Kids Out of Foster Care by Toni Naccarato and Iliana Hernandez addresses the issues youth face as they exit the foster care system. Then, the stark reality of half of the 20,000 active-duty military women being women of color is illuminated in Home from the Military by Michelle Chen.

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